JP3922938B2 - Handwritten character font creating device, handwritten character font creating program, handwritten character font creating method, and document creating device using handwritten character font - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for creating fonts used in information processing apparatuses, printers, and the like, and more particularly to a technique for creating fonts for handwritten characters.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the spread of information processing devices such as personal computers and word processors, sentences such as postcards and letters are created using a document processing program installed in a personal computer or the like and printed using a printer or the like connected to the personal computer. Is being used easily and widely.
[0003]
The advantage of creating a sentence using a document processing program is that it can be easily rewritten any number of times, so that it can be freely edited. Here, “editing” means adding, deleting, or changing words in a sentence, or changing the order of sentences or paragraphs.
[0004]
Prior to the widespread use of information processing devices such as personal computers and word processors, sentences were written directly on paper with a brush. In that case, it was necessary to go through the steps of drafting, proofreading, and clean-writing.
[0005]
On the other hand, in the case of using a document processing program, if a draft manuscript created by the editing function is proofread, it becomes a clean copy as it is.
[0006]
As described above, once the benefits are obtained by using the document processing program, it is very troublesome to create a sentence by writing characters directly on paper. Therefore, as described above, sentences written on postcards and letters have been created using a document processing program.
[0007]
Usually, sentences created using a document processing program installed in a personal computer or the like are converted into a raster image (bitmap image) using a digital font installed in the personal computer, and then a laser beam. -Output to a printing device such as a printer or an ink-jet printer.
[0008]
There are many types of digital fonts, and they can be used according to the type of text. In Japan, “Mincho” and “Gothic” are often used as standard character fonts.
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, although the characters output by the standard character font as described above are beautiful, the individuality of the writer is not reflected. Postcards and letters are a medium for transmitting information from the writer to the reader, and some people have a cold view that the purpose can be achieved if the information itself is individual, but on the other hand, write it with a brush. There are many people who feel that their heart can be filled, and those who feel good when they receive postcards and letters written with a brush, and such sensibilities cannot be explained rationally.
[0010]
If there is a means to output the text created using the document processing program with your own handwritten characters, you can enjoy the convenience of the free editing function that is an advantage of the document processing program and output it with hearty handwritten characters This mechanism is not available at this time.
[0011]
The present invention has been made in view of the situation described above, and it is possible to easily create a font (hereinafter referred to as “handwritten character font”) using a user's own handwritten character (hereinafter referred to as “handwritten character”). An object is to provide a handwritten character font creating device, a handwritten character font creating program, a handwritten character font creating method, and a document creating device using the handwritten character font.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a handwritten character font creating device according to the present invention is a handwritten character font creating device that creates a handwritten character font corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's application, An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a cancel for entering a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character With check frame for A character entry paper image creating means for creating image data of the written character entry paper; Character entry paper input means for inputting image data of a character entry paper in which handwritten characters are entered by the user in the entry frame, and handwritten characters corresponding to the character code from the image data inputted by the character entry paper input means Character image data extracting means for extracting an image; font data storage means for storing the handwritten character image extracted by the character image data extracting means as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code; The character image data extraction means, from the image data input from the character entry paper input means when a mark is entered in the cancellation check frame, The character code corresponding to the handwritten character image entered in the entry frame is the cancel character. The cancel character storage means stores the character code of the cancel character extracted by the character image data extraction means, and the font data storage means stores the handwritten character image other than the cancel character as the character. Store as handwritten fonts corresponding to code The character entry paper image creating means again creates image data for outputting the character entry paper based on the character code of the cancel character stored in the cancel character storage means. It is characterized by that.
[0013]
The handwritten character font creation program according to the present invention is a handwritten character font creation program for causing an information processing device to create a handwritten character font corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's application, An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a cancel for entering a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character With check frame for A character entry form image creation function for creating image data of a character entry form, A character entry paper input function for inputting image data of a character entry paper in which handwritten characters are entered by the user in the entry frame, and a handwritten character corresponding to the character code from the image data inputted by the character entry paper input function A character image data extraction function for extracting an image; a font data storage function for storing the handwritten character image extracted by the character image data extraction function as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code; The character image data extraction function, when the mark is entered in the cancel check frame, from the image data input from the character entry paper input function, The character code corresponding to the handwritten character image entered in the entry frame is the cancel character. The cancel character storage function stores the character code of the cancel character extracted by the character image data extraction function, and the font data storage function stores the handwritten character image other than the cancel character as the character. Store as handwritten fonts corresponding to code The character entry form image creation function creates image data for outputting the character entry form again based on the character code of the cancel character stored in the cancel character storage function. This is realized by the information processing apparatus.
[0014]
A handwritten character font creating method according to the present invention is a handwritten character font creating method for creating a handwritten character font corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's use in an information processing apparatus. An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character are filled in A character entry sheet input step for inputting image data of a character entry sheet in which handwritten characters have been entered by the user in the entry frame, and the image input in the character entry sheet input step A character image data extracting step for extracting a handwritten character image corresponding to the character code from the data; A font data storage step for storing the handwritten character image extracted in the character image data extraction step as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code; and a cancel character storage step for storing a cancel character. In the character image data extraction step, when a mark is entered in the cancel check frame, the handwriting entered in the entry frame is input from the image data input in the character entry sheet input step. A character code corresponding to a character image is extracted as a cancel character, and the cancel character storage step stores a character code of the cancel character extracted in the character image data extraction step, and the font data storage step includes: The character image data extracted in the character image data extraction step Storing the handwritten character images other than Yanseru character, as the font characters of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character code In the character entry paper image creation step, image data for outputting the character entry paper is created again based on the character code of the cancel character stored in the cancel character storage step. It is characterized by that.
[0015]
Here, “character” means a language that is symbolized by a combination of dots and lines to visually express words. “Font” means “characters” made of the same typeface. ".
[0016]
The “font character” is a symbol that is symbolized into one segment in the “font”, and corresponds to one “character” constituting the “font”.
[0017]
“Character code” refers to a set of unique codes that encode a set of characters and symbols (character set) in order to handle characters and symbols on an information processing device. For example, a Japanese character set The character code set for handling includes code systems such as Shift JIS (Shifted Japanese Industrial Standard) and Japanese EUC (Extended Unix Code), and usually represents one character with 2 bytes. In addition, there are character code sets for handling Korean and Chinese (Chinese).
[0018]
“Handwritten character font” refers to a set of characters handwritten by the user as the same typeface. “Font data” refers to data converted from “font”. The data format is bitmap. The format may be a vector format composed of a set of equations such as Bezier curves and spline curves. Further, the “font data” may be in a bitmap format having a monochrome gradation or in a bitmap format having a color gradation in order to reproduce the handwriting feeling more faithfully.
[0019]
According to such a configuration, it is possible to create a digital font composed of a character set handwritten by the user with a simple procedure.
[0021]
Character In the character entry form created by the entry form image creation means, Entry frame Since the character to be entered in the vicinity of is output as a model, the user can sequentially enter handwritten characters while looking at the model character.
[0022]
Furthermore, the handwritten character font creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention is more preferably,
(6) having cancel character storage means;
The character entry sheet image creating means creates a cancel check frame for entering a mark for the user to cancel a handwritten character that has been missed as image data of the character entry sheet, and the character image data extracting means A character code corresponding to a handwritten character image in which a mark is entered in the cancel check frame is extracted as a cancel character from the image data input from the character entry paper input unit, and the cancel character storage unit includes the character image A character code of the cancel character extracted by the data extraction unit is stored, and the character entry sheet image creation unit outputs a character entry sheet again based on the character code of the cancel character stored by the cancel character storage unit. Image data to be generated is created.
[0023]
Here, the “wrong handwritten character” means, for example, that the misalignment of the kanji is miswritten, that four places where the number of horizontal lines constituting the kanji of the kanji is three are entered, and that the kanji A character that cannot be placed.
[0024]
The “cancellation character” refers to a font character of a standard font corresponding to a handwritten character in which a mark is entered in a cancel check frame in order to cancel the “wrong handwritten character”.
[0025]
According to the present invention, even if a handwritten character is missed, it is possible to instruct the device of the missed character by a simple procedure, and the character entry sheet 30a for entering the missed handwritten character is output again. be able to.
[0026]
Also, According to the present invention Document creation device using handwritten fonts
(1) Font data storage means for storing a handwritten character font created by the handwritten character font creating device;
(2) an input means for inputting and / or converting a character string for creating a document;
(3) a font character search unit that searches the font data storage unit for a font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to a character input / kanji converted by the input unit;
(4) synonym dictionary means for storing synonyms;
(5) A synonym for substituting the Kanji converted character from the synonym dictionary means when the font of the handwritten character font corresponding to the Kanji converted character in the font character search means cannot be searched. Synonym search means for searching for font characters of the handwritten character font;
(6) It is characterized by comprising display means for rasterizing and displaying the font characters of the handwritten character font searched by the font character search means or the synonym search means.
[0027]
According to the document processing apparatus having such a configuration, when a character converted to Kanji characters that is not included in the handwritten character font appears during text editing, it is replaced with a synonym of the character converted to Kanji characters.
[0028]
Also, According to the present invention The document creation device using a handwritten character font is more preferably the synonym when the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted to Kanji by the font character search means cannot be searched, The hiragana and blank of the input character string are used as alternative candidates.
[0029]
According to the document processing apparatus having such a configuration, when a kanji-converted character that is not included in the handwritten character font appears during sentence editing, the synonym, the input, are used as alternative candidates for the kanji-converted character. The hiragana and blank of the character string are displayed on the display device, and the user can select an appropriate candidate from them. When the user selects a blank, the printed material can be created without any sense of incongruity by adding a blank portion of the printed material later by handwriting.
[0030]
Also, According to the present invention The document creation device using the handwritten character font is more preferably further,
(7) Insufficient character storage for storing the Kanji converted character as a missing character when the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted to Kanji by the font character search means cannot be searched. A character of a handwritten character font is created by the handwritten character font creating device for the character stored in the missing character storage means, and the created handwritten character font image data is used as the document creating device according to the present invention. Are stored in the font data storage means.
[0031]
According to the document processing apparatus having such a configuration, when there is a font character that is not included in the handwritten character font while creating a sentence, it can be added by a simple procedure. Therefore, it is not necessary to create a huge amount of handwritten character fonts in advance, and it is sufficient to create a minimum amount of handwritten character fonts.
[0032]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0033]
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional block configuration example of the handwritten character font creation device 1 according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an example of a specific device configuration thereof. As shown in the figure, the handwritten character font creation device 1 includes an image scanner 5 as image data input means for a completed character entry sheet 30b, a printer 20 as output means for the character entry sheet 30a, and a personal computer 10. The personal computer 10 includes a font / data storage unit 11, a character entry paper image creation unit 12, a character image data extraction unit 13, and a cancel character storage unit 14.
[0034]
The configuration of the handwritten character font creation device 1 according to the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the above-described devices may be integrated to form the handwritten character font creation device 1. The printer 20 may be connected to the personal computer 10 via a network line (not shown).
[0035]
The character entry form image creating means 12 outputs image data for outputting a character entry form 30a for entering handwritten characters by associating characters necessary for the user's personal use with character codes of a predetermined character code set. create.
[0036]
The printer 20 which is a character entry paper output means outputs and prints the image data of the character entry paper 30a created by the character entry paper image creation means 12.
[0037]
The image scanner 5, which is a character entry paper input means, inputs the image data of the completed character entry paper 30b into which the user has entered handwritten characters.
[0038]
The character image data extraction unit 13 extracts a handwritten character image corresponding to the character code from the image data input by the image scanner 5. Alternatively, the character code corresponding to the handwritten character image instructed to be canceled by the user is extracted from the image data input by the image scanner 5 as a cancel character.
[0039]
The font data storage unit 11 stores the handwritten character image extracted by the character image data extraction unit 13 as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code.
[0040]
The cancel character storage unit 14 stores a character code corresponding to the cancel character extracted by the character image data extraction unit 13.
[0041]
The font data storage means 11 may store a predetermined character code set corresponding to the character set corresponding to the purpose and application of the user. For example, if it is used for the purpose of writing postcards and letters, it is used for greetings of time in addition to 1006 learning kanji, hiragana, katakana, alphanumeric characters specified in the Elementary School Study Guidelines. It is enough if there are kanji that are used. In addition, if elementary school teachers use it for the purpose of creating student learning materials, it is sufficient that the learning kanji according to the grade of the homeroom class is covered.
[0042]
The personal computer 10 is installed with a handwritten character font creation program for controlling each of the above parts according to the processing procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit, not shown) in the personal computer 10 A series of processing control of the handwritten character font creation device 1 is performed according to the procedure defined in the program. Hereinafter, a processing procedure example of handwritten character font creation processing will be described.
[0043]
In FIG. 3, first, the character entry paper image creation means 12 creates image data for outputting the character entry paper 30a (Step 01).
[0044]
Next, the image data of the character entry paper 30a created by the character entry paper image creation means 12 is output by the printer 20 (Step 02).
[0045]
An example layout of the character entry form 30a is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 4, a character entry frame 32 in which font characters of 24 handwritten character fonts can be entered on one character entry sheet 30a. The number of output sheets of the character entry sheet 30a created here depends on the number of font characters of the handwritten character font required by the user, that is, the number of font characters of the handwritten character font stored in the font data storage means 11. Change.
[0046]
A bar code 31 for identifying a page of the character entry sheet 30a is printed on the character entry sheet 30a. Further, a font character 34 of a standard character font corresponding to a handwritten character to be entered is arranged in the vicinity of the character entry frame 32. A rectangular position reference frame 35 is disposed below the barcode 31. Therefore, the user can refer to the font characters 34 of this standard character font and enter the characters by handwriting in the character entry frame 32.
[0047]
Further, a cancel check frame 33 is arranged in the vicinity of the character entry frame 32, and when a character entered in the character entry frame 32 is missed, the user can put a mark (for example, “ ”Mark, fill in frame, etc.).
[0048]
Here, “wrong writing” means, for example, that the misplacement of kanji is miswritten, and that the number of horizontal lines composing the kanji of the kanji is four, so that the arrangement of the kanji bias and kanji is as intended. It means an entry error due to various factors such as failure to write.
[0049]
As described above, since the font character 34 of the standard character font corresponding to the handwritten character to be entered by the user in the vicinity of the character entry frame 32 is output as an example on the character entry form 30a, You can enter handwritten characters one by one while watching.
[0050]
FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the completed character entry form 30b. In the illustrated example, a mark (“L” mark) is entered in the cancel check frame 33 for the character “God”.
[0051]
The writing instrument used for entry is not particularly limited, and any writing instrument that satisfies the color and density that can be read by the scanner 5, such as a fountain pen, a ballpoint pen, and a brush, can be used.
[0052]
Returning to FIG. 3 again, the user enters handwritten characters on the character entry sheet 30a output from the printer 20, and sets the completed character entry sheet 30b in the image scanner 5 (Step 03 to Step 05).
[0053]
The image scanner 5 reads the image on the completed character entry sheet 30b and outputs image data (Step 11).
[0054]
The character image data extraction unit 13 executes the following processing on the image data input from the image scanner 5.
[0055]
(1) The barcode 31 of the image data is decoded to recognize the page number of the completed character entry sheet 30b (Step 12).
[0056]
(2) The position reference frame 35 is detected from the image data, and the position information is acquired. Position information (relative position from the printing position of the position reference frame 35) of the character entry frame 32 and the cancel check frame 33 corresponding to each character code is acquired from the character entry sheet image creation means 12. That is, the position information indicating the position of the character entry frame 32 on which page of the completed character entry sheet 30b the character information corresponding to each character code is acquired (Step 12).
[0057]
(3) For each character code, it is checked whether or not a mark is entered in the cancel check frame 33. If a mark is entered, the character code is stored in the cancel character storage means 14 as a cancel character. (Step 13, Step 15), the process proceeds to (5) (Step 16).
[0058]
(4) On the contrary, for the character code not marked in the cancel check frame 33, a character image is extracted from the character entry frame 32 and stored in the font data storage means 11 as a font character of a handwritten character font. (Step13, Step14).
[0059]
The font data storage means 11 stores character codes (numbers) and font characters (bitmap images) of handwritten characters corresponding to the character codes, conceptually in a correspondence table format as illustrated in FIG. Remembered.
[0060]
(5) The above-described processes (1) to (4) are repeated until the image scanner 5 sequentially reads the completed character entry sheets 30b and completes the reading of all the entered character entry sheets 30b (Step 16). .
[0061]
If there is a cancel character (character code) stored in the cancel character storage means 14 in Step 15, the process returns to Step 01 (Step 17). That is, the character entry paper image creating means 12 creates output image data of the character entry paper 30a for all the cancel characters (character codes) stored in the cancel character storage means 14, and the image data is generated by the printer 20. Is output. The user again enters handwritten characters on the character entry sheet 30 a and the entered character entry sheet 30 b is read by the image scanner 5. The character image data extraction unit 13 performs the processes (1) to (5) on the read image data. These processes are repeated until no mark is entered in the cancel check frame 33 of the completed character entry form 30b.
[0062]
In this way, even if a handwritten character is missed, it is possible to instruct the device of the missed character by a simple procedure, and the character entry sheet 30a for entering the missed character can be output again. .
[0063]
As described above, according to the first embodiment, a digital font composed of handwritten characters can be created by a user with a simple procedure.
[0064]
(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment, an embodiment of a document creation apparatus that creates a document using the handwritten character font created according to the first embodiment will be described.
[0065]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the document creation device 40 using a handwritten character font. As shown in the figure, the document creation device 40 includes a second font / data storage unit 50, a character input unit 41, a Kana-Kanji conversion unit 42, a font character search unit 43, a synonym dictionary unit 45, a synonym search unit 44, and a character rasterize unit 46. , And display means 47. The second font data storage means 50 stores the handwritten character font created by the handwritten character font creation device 1. The character input means 41 inputs a character string for creating a document. The kana-kanji conversion means 42 converts the character string input in the kana or romaji by the character input means 41 into kanji. The font character search means 43 is a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the characters input / kanji converted by the input means of the character input means 41 and the kana-kanji conversion means 42 and the synonym characters output from the synonym search means 44 Is retrieved from the second font data storage means 50. The synonym dictionary means 45 stores synonyms. The synonym search means 44 substitutes the character converted from the synonym dictionary means 45 when the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted by the font character search means 43 cannot be searched. The synonym and the font character of the handwritten character font of the synonym are searched from the second font data storage means 50. The character rasterizing means 46 develops the font characters of the handwritten character font searched by the font character searching means 43 or the synonym searching means 44 as a bitmap image. The display means 47 displays the rasterized font character image.
[0066]
As described in the first embodiment, when a user creates a handwritten character font within a necessary range in accordance with the use of the document in order to reduce the burden of creating the handwritten character font, If created, there may be a case where the font characters of the handwritten character font necessary for the document are insufficient.
[0067]
FIG. 8 shows an example of the processing operation procedure of the document creation apparatus 40 in such a case, and FIG. 9 shows a specific example of the display on the display means 47.
[0068]
First, the user inputs a character string from the character input means 41, and the kana-kanji conversion means 42 converts it into a kanji (Step 21). For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, “Feast” is input, and it is converted into Kanji characters to “Feast”.
[0069]
The font character search means 43 searches whether or not the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted to Kanji is stored in the second font data storage means 50. The font characters of the handwritten character font corresponding to the characters are rasterized and displayed (Step 22, Step 30). That is, if font characters in the handwritten fonts of the characters “go”, “馳”, and “run” are stored in the second font data storage unit 50, “go treat” is displayed as the font character of the handwritten character font. 47.
[0070]
As a result of the search, if the font character of the handwritten character font is not stored in the second font data storage means 50 in any one of “go” “馳” “run”, then the font character search The means 43 outputs the character code data of the character string “Feast” to the synonym search means 44. The synonym search means 44 searches the synonym dictionary means 45 for a synonym of “feast” and acquires the synonym “commission”. The synonym search means 44 outputs the character code / data of “compliance” to the font character search means 43. The font character search means 43 searches whether or not the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to “comment” is stored in the second font data storage means 50 (Step 23). Options including the synonyms are displayed by the display means 47 (Step 24). As shown in FIG. 9B, the options displayed here are composed of three types: (1) synonyms, (2) “Hiragana” of the input character string, and (3) “blank”. In order to be selected as a synonym here, the font character of each character of the synonym needs to be stored in the second font data storage means 50. That is, it is a condition that the handwritten character fonts “G”, “G”, and “G” are all stored in the second font data storage unit 50.
[0071]
When a plurality of synonyms are searched, the font character search means 43 searches the second font data storage means 50 for the plurality of synonyms, and uses only synonyms that can be displayed in the font characters of the handwritten character font as options. indicate.
[0072]
If no synonym is searched, or if a font character of the handwritten character font is not stored in the second font data storage means 50 even if one of the searched synonyms is not displayed, nothing is displayed.
[0073]
The user selects an appropriate option number from the character input means 41 (Step 25).
[0074]
For example, when the first synonym is selected, as shown in FIG. 9C, “comment” is displayed in the sentence being edited (Step 27).
[0075]
Similarly, if you select No. 2 Hiragana, “Feast” will be displayed in the sentence being edited (Step 28), and if “No. 3” is selected, “Feast” will be displayed in the sentence being edited. The number of characters in this case (in this case, three characters) is displayed in blank (Step 29).
[0076]
When “Blank” is selected, the user can write “Feast” in the blank part of the printed material by handwriting. At this time, if the writing instrument used when creating the handwritten character font is used, the uncomfortable feeling of the handwritten character added to the blank portion can be reduced.
[0077]
Furthermore, when the user continues to input “Akari”, all the characters of “Akari”, which have been converted to Kanji, are stored in the second font data storage means 50. “Thank you very much. If all the characters “Thank you very much” in the second font data storage means 50 are also stored in the second font data storage means 50, the display means 47 uses the font characters of the handwritten character font corresponding to the characters converted to Kanji. (FIG. 9D).
[0078]
(Third embodiment)
FIG. 10 illustrates a document creation apparatus 40 described in the third embodiment. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component same as the document preparation apparatus 40 demonstrated in 2nd Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0079]
The document creation apparatus 40 according to the third embodiment uses the second font / data storage means 50, the character input means 41, the kana-kanji conversion means 42, the character input means 41, and the characters input / kanji-converted by the kana-kanji conversion means 42. The second font character search means 51 for searching the corresponding font characters from the second font data storage means 50, the synonym dictionary means 45, the synonym search means 44, the character rasterization means 46, the display means 47, etc. The document creation device 40 further stores the character code of the missing character when a character for which no font character is stored in the second font data storage means 50 (hereinafter referred to as “missing character”) appears during the text creation. A missing character code / data storage means 49 is provided. The character codes stored in the missing character code / data storage means 49 are stored when the number of the character codes exceeds a predetermined number, when the time exceeds a predetermined time, or when the user desires. It is transferred to the handwritten font creation device 1 described in the first embodiment, and is created as a font character of the handwritten character font by the handwritten font creation device 1.
[0080]
FIG. 11 shows an example of processing operation at the time of document creation of the document creation device 40 in the third embodiment. The difference from the processing operation example (FIG. 8) of the document creation apparatus described in the second embodiment is that the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character (Step 21) input / converted by the user is the second font. Whether or not the data is stored in the data storage means 50 is searched (Step 22). If not stored, the character code of the character converted to Kanji is stored in the missing character code / data storage means 49 (Step 31). It is a point that is added.
[0081]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation related to the missing character replenishment processing in the document creation apparatus 40. This processing operation is executed under a predetermined condition.
[0082]
It is determined whether or not the number of character codes stored in the missing character code / data storage means 49 exceeds a predetermined number (N) (Step 41). The character code of the missing character is transmitted to the font data storage means 11 of the handwritten character font creation device 1 (Step 44), and the handwritten character font creation device 1 outputs the character entry sheet 30a (Step 45). Font character creation processing of the handwritten character font of the character is performed (Step 46), and the created font data of the handwritten character font is stored in the second font data storage means 50 of the document creation device 40 (Step 47).
[0083]
If not exceeded in Step 41, it is determined whether the elapsed time from the previous missing character supplement processing has exceeded a predetermined time (H) (Step 42). If it has exceeded, the processing from Step 44 to Step 47 is executed. To do.
[0084]
If it is not exceeded in Step 42, a screen for confirming whether or not to supplement the missing characters is displayed on the display means 47 to confirm the user's desire (Step 43). The processing from Step 44 to Step 47 is executed.
[0085]
In Step 41, if not desired, the process ends.
[0086]
According to the third embodiment, when a sentence is created and a missing character appears, the missing character can be added by a simple procedure. Therefore, it is not necessary to create a huge amount of handwritten character fonts in advance, and it is sufficient to create a minimum amount of handwritten character fonts. For example, when a sales person in a company uses the document creation device 40 for the purpose of approving a thank-you letter to a customer, a handwritten character font corresponding to the customer's name is required. To cover the character group used for personal names, a huge amount of handwritten character fonts must be created, but if this document creation device is used, font characters with insufficient characters will be added as needed. Therefore, the burden on the user can be reduced.
[0087]
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the first to third embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Could do.
[0088]
For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a postcard, a letter, other documents, and the like are created in Japanese is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, characters such as Korean and Chinese are used. The present invention can also be applied to the case of creating a handwritten character font corresponding to a set character code set.
[0089]
In the above embodiment, an example in which a handwritten character font is output from a printer to a paper medium such as a postcard or a letter has been shown. For example, if a greeting mail such as a Christmas card or New Year's postcard is created using the handwritten character font according to the above embodiment and transmitted via the network, it is possible to use a heartfelt handwritten character on the destination display device. A greeting email is displayed.
[0090]
In this manner, the present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are merely examples in all respects and should not be interpreted in a limited manner. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims, and is not restricted by the text of the specification. Further, all modifications and changes belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.
[0091]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a digital font of handwritten characters can be created by a simple procedure. Even if a handwritten character is missed, it is possible to instruct the device of the missed character by a simple procedure, and the character entry sheet for entering the missed character can be output again.
[0092]
Further, when a missing character that is not included in the handwritten character font appears during sentence editing, synonyms of the missing character, hiragana of the input character, and a blank are presented as alternative candidates for the missing character, and the user includes From this, a desired alternative candidate can be selected.
[0093]
If a missing character appears while creating a sentence, it can be added with a simple procedure. Therefore, it is not necessary to create a huge amount of handwritten character fonts in advance, and it is sufficient to create a minimum amount of handwritten character fonts.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of functional blocks of a handwritten character font creation device according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a device configuration of the handwritten character font creation device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a font creation processing procedure in the handwritten character font creation device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing a layout example of a character entry sheet created by the handwritten character font creation device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an image diagram showing an example of entry on the character entry form shown in FIG. 4;
6 is an image diagram illustrating a storage format of font data storage means constituting the handwritten character font creation device shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of functional blocks of a document creation device using a handwritten character font according to a second embodiment.
8 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of document creation processing in the document creation apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is an image diagram showing a display example of display means in the document creation process shown in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional block configuration example of a document creation device using a handwritten character font according to a third embodiment;
11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of document creation processing in the document creation apparatus illustrated in FIG. 10;
12 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for missing character supplement processing in the document creation apparatus shown in FIG. 10;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 .... Handwritten font creation device
5. Image scanner
10. Personal computer
11. Font data storage means
12 .... Text entry form image creation means
13 .. Character image data extraction means
14. Canceled character storage means
20. Printer
30a .... Character entry form
30b .... Completed form
31. Barcode
32 .... Text entry box
33 .... Check box for cancellation
34 .... Standard character font
35 .... Position reference frame
40 .... Document creation device
41 .... Character input means
42 .... Kana-Kanji conversion means
43 .... Font character search means
44 .... Synonym search means
45 .... Synonym dictionary means
46 .... Character rasterization means
47 .... Display means
49 .... Missing character code / data storage means
50 .... Second font data storage means

Claims (7)

A handwritten character font creation device that creates a handwritten character font corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's application,
An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a cancel for entering a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character A character entry form image creating means for creating image data of a character entry form provided with a check frame ,
Character entry sheet input means for inputting image data of a character entry sheet in which handwritten characters are entered by the user in the entry frame;
Character image data extraction means for extracting a handwritten character image corresponding to the character code from the image data input by the character entry paper input means;
Font data storage means for storing the handwritten character image extracted by the character image data extraction means as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code;
Cancel character storage means for storing the cancel character,
The character image data extracting means converts the image data inputted from the character entry paper input means into a handwritten character image entered in the entry frame when a mark is entered in the cancel check frame. Extract the corresponding character code as a cancel character,
The cancel character storage means stores a character code of the cancel character extracted by the character image data extraction means,
The font data storage means stores the handwritten character image other than the cancel character as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code ,
The handwritten character font creation device, wherein the character entry paper image creation means creates image data for outputting the character entry paper again based on the character code of the cancel character stored in the cancel character storage means. . A handwritten character font creation program for causing an information processing device to create a handwritten character font corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's application,
An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a cancel for entering a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character A character entry form image creation function for creating image data of a character entry form provided with a check frame ,
A character entry paper input function for inputting image data of a character entry paper in which handwritten characters are entered by the user in the entry frame;
A character image data extraction function for extracting a handwritten character image corresponding to the character code from the image data input by the character entry paper input function;
A font data storage function for storing the handwritten character image extracted by the character image data extraction function as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code;
A cancel character storage function for storing a cancel character,
In the character image data extraction function, when a mark is entered in the cancel check frame, the image data input from the character entry paper input function is converted into a handwritten character image entered in the entry frame. Extract the corresponding character code as a cancel character,
The cancel character storage function stores a character code of the cancel character extracted by the character image data extraction function,
The font data storage function stores the handwritten character image other than the cancel character as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code ,
The character entry form image creation function realizes the information processing apparatus to create image data for outputting the character entry form again based on the character code of the cancel character stored by the cancel character storage function. A program for creating handwritten fonts. A handwritten character font creation method for creating a handwritten character font in an information processing device corresponding to a predetermined character code set according to a user's application,
An entry frame for the user to write a character corresponding to the character code by handwriting, a font character of a standard character font corresponding to the character code, and a cancel for entering a mark for the user to cancel the missed handwritten character A character entry sheet input step for inputting image data of a character entry sheet in which handwritten characters are entered by the user in the entry frame;
A character image data extraction step for extracting a handwritten character image corresponding to the character code from the image data input in the character entry paper input step;
A font data storage step for storing the handwritten character image extracted in the character image data extraction step as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code;
A cancel character storage step for storing the cancel character,
In the character image data extraction step, when a mark is entered in the cancellation check frame, the handwritten character image entered in the entry frame from the image data input in the character entry sheet input step The character code corresponding to is extracted as a cancel character,
The cancel character storage step stores the character code of the cancel character extracted in the character image data extraction step,
The font data storage step stores the handwritten character image other than the cancel character extracted in the character image data extraction step as a font character of a handwritten character font corresponding to the character code ,
The character entry form image creating step creates image data for outputting a character entry form again based on the character code of the cancel character stored in the cancel character storing step. How to make. A font data storage means for storing a handwritten character font created by the handwritten character font creating device according to claim 1 ;
An input means for inputting a character string for creating a document / Kanji conversion,
Font character search means for searching the font data storage means for font characters of the handwritten character font corresponding to the characters input / kanji converted by the input means;
Synonym dictionary means for storing synonyms;
The handwritten synonym that substitutes the character converted from the synonym dictionary means when the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted by the font character search means cannot be searched. A synonym search means for searching for a font character of a character font;
A document creation apparatus using a handwritten character font, comprising: display means for rasterizing and displaying font characters of the handwritten character font searched by the font character search means or the synonym search means. When the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character that has been converted to Kanji by the font character search means cannot be searched, the synonym, the hiragana of the input character string, and a blank are used as alternative candidates. A document creation apparatus using the handwritten character font according to claim 4 . The document creation apparatus using the handwritten character font according to claim 4 further includes a case where the font character of the handwritten character font corresponding to the character converted to Kanji by the font character search means cannot be searched. , Provided with a missing character storage means for storing the character converted to Kanji as a missing character,
The handwritten character font is created by the handwritten character font creation device according to claim 1 for the missing characters stored in the missing character storage means, and the created handwritten character font data is used as the document creation according to claim 4. An apparatus for creating a document using a handwritten character font, wherein the apparatus is stored in the font data storage means of the apparatus. When insufficient character stored in the missing character storage means exceeds a predetermined number, or when a predetermined time has elapsed, or the lack of characters the user is stored in the missing character storage means when you desired, claim The document creation device using the handwritten character font according to claim 6 , wherein a font character of the handwritten character font is created by the handwritten character font creating device according to claim 1 .

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